In order to cordon off and destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the JFO zone, the Russian army operates in several operational areas at once. The greatest activity is recorded in Slobozhansky and Donetsk, the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports..

Partial blockade and artillery shelling of Kharkov continues in the Slobozhansky direction. Offensive and assault actions of the enemy are taking place south of the city of Izyum, by separate units of the 1st Tank and 20th Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, the 35th Combined Arms Army and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District and airborne troops.

In the south of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian defenders managed to inflict losses on the units of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade, which committed crimes in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region.

In the Donetsk direction, hostilities continue along the entire line of collision. The enemy is trying to storm the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Severodonetsk direction, in the area of \u200b\u200b\\u200b\\u200bthe settlements of Novotoshkivske, Rubizhne, Popasnaya and Maryinka. Despite the statements of the Russian leadership, air strikes continue to be carried out in Mariupol near the Azovstal plant. An engineering unit arrived in the temporarily occupied city to clear the port infrastructure.

The situation in the Zaporozhye direction remains tense. The Russian invaders moved a battalion tactical group from the 19th motorized rifle division of the 58th combined arms army of the Southern Military District to strengthen the offensive potential of their groups. About 200 "

In the Yuzhnobuzh direction, enemy troops continue their attempts to reach the administrative borders of the Kherson region. On this territory, combat missions are carried out by separate units of the 8th and 49th combined arms armies, the 22nd army corps, the coastal troops of the Black Sea Fleet of the Southern Military District and the airborne troops. In the city of Skadovsk, Kherson region, the enemy deployed the S-300VM battery.

Powerful missile strikes are inflicted on Nikolaev for further advance in the southern direction.

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In other operational areas, the situation is under control.

Over the previous day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the JFO zone repulsed 8 enemy attacks and destroyed:.

tank - 9.

armored vehicles - 18.

automotive technology - 13.

tanker - 1.

artillery systems - 3.

Recall that earlier the military leadership of the Russian Federation stated that the Kremlin plans not only to establish control over the entire territory of Donbass, but to completely seize the south of Ukraine in order to break through a land corridor to Crimea and Transnistria.